Controlling risks to sewage workers

Workers whose activities bring them into contact with untreated sewage and sewage are at risk of contracting a work-related infections including BBVs.

Detailed guidance is available:

• Infection at work: Controlling the risks. A guide for employers and the self-employed on identifying, assessing and controlling the risks of infection in the workplace.
• The Health and Safety Executive: Working with sewage The health hazards: A guide for employers. (1996)